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The Baltimore Ravens hired Marc Trestman as their offensive coordinator, keeping with their tendency to hire a former head coach for the position. Trestman was fired by the Chicago Bears last month after going 5-11 in his second season. He interviewed with Cleveland for the offensive coordinator job before taking the same position with Baltimore. Trestman is the fourth former head coach in four years to fill the position with the Ravens. He follows Cam Cameron, Jim Caldwell and Gary Kubiak. Kubiak, the former coach of the Houston Texans, served one year before leaving to become head coach of the Denver Broncos this week. More hirings The Chicago Bears hired Vic Fangio as their...

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The Baltimore Ravens hired Marc Trestman as their offensive coordinator, keeping with their tendency to hire a former head coach for the position.
Trestman was fired by the Chicago Bears last month after going 5-11 in his second season. He interviewed...

— Face down on the turf, Tony Romo pounded his hands into the ground like a petulant child.
Frustrated by a season-ending failure? Far from it. The quarterback was celebrating after giving the Dallas Cowboys the lead in a comeback victory.
Romo threw...

Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck will meet again.
The Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots will get a playoff rematch too, meeting for the third time in four postseasons.
But it was the do-over afforded the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday that...

The disputed call in the fourth quarter of Detroit's playoff loss at Dallas was not subject to a replay review.
Lions Coach Jim Caldwell wonders whether it's time to change that.
"I think without question it was probably not officiated correctly in...

The San Diego Chargers announced this week that they will not be terminating their stadium lease in 2015, meaning for now they will not be packing the moving vans for Los Angeles.
The St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders probably will make similar...

The Arizona Cardinals confirmed after Thursday's practice that Ryan Lindley will start at quarterback in Saturday's wild-card playoff game at Carolina.
The announcement was no surprise because Drew Stanton did not practice all week. Stanton, the...

Fresh off their sixth victory in seven games, the three Detroit Lions quarterbacks went for a jog Monday. That's when 10-year veteran Dan Orlovsky made a startling confession:
"This is my first 'Victory Monday.'"
Victory Mondays are a funny...

After a week of questions about his limited production of late, Calvin Johnson lifted Detroit's offense with an emphatic reminder that he's still one of the game's most dynamic players.
Johnson caught 11 passes for 146 yards with a pair of first-half...

With Oakland winning and Arizona losing — two of the oddities from Week 12 — about the only sure bet in the NFL these days is that the New England Patriots are going to come through. And come through big.
That was the case again Sunday, as the Patriots...

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer returned to familiar territory on Sunday.
Palmer, who spent two seasons with the Oakland Raiders before he was traded to the Cardinals, completed 22 of 31 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns with an...

Kansas City's Alex Smith is in elite company.
And he's not happy about it.
He's among five quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall in the last 25 years who lost when facing their former team for the first time.
It happened to Drew Bledsoe when he played...

Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe McKnight ruptured his Achilles' tendon and is out for the season.
The announcement came Friday after McKnight was injured during practice Thursday. Defensive tackle Mike DeVito and linebacker Derrick Johnson...

Matthew Stafford was at his best when improvising — and that alone may be a sign of improvement.
Stafford threw two early touchdown passes to Calvin Johnson, and Detroit beat the New York Giants, 35-14, Monday night in Jim Caldwell's first game as...

The Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to Glantz-Culver (O/U = over/under). Farmer’s record last year was 159-96-1 (.624). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread...

The University of Minnesota says it is working with the Minnesota Vikings to keep the Washington Redskins' name from being used when the two teams play on campus in November.
University President Eric Kaler gave the assurances in an Aug. 1 letter to U.S....

More than ever, NFL owners are long on expectations and short on patience with new coaches.
And can you blame them?
Consider the success last year's new coaches had, with Philadelphia's Chip Kelly, Kansas City's Andy Reid and San Diego's Mike McCoy...

Following the Miami Dolphins' late-season collapse, owner Stephen Ross immediately began contemplating a possible organizational shake-up.
Ross has been meeting with his top advisors before deciding whether to fire anyone, two people familiar with the...

Jim Caldwell has been hired as the head coach of the Detroit Lions, according to multiple reports.
He replaces Jim Schwartz, who was fired after the Lions lost five of their last six games to fall from first place in the NFC North all the way out of...

The Indianapolis Colts have suspended game-day consultant Jim Tressel for the first six games of the season. The status of Tressel, who was the head coach at Ohio State through last season, became an issue because his last Ohio State quarterback, Terrelle Pryo

Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss the quarterback situation in Indianapolis, with Colts superstar Peyton Manning out indefinitely and potential future superstar Andrew Luck of Stanford looming as the top pick in next year's draft.